Talking with Teenagers (Teens Issues Book 1)

You are an experienced, mature person who has spent many years developing your communication skills in the boardroom and you are well respected socially for your ability to make people laugh, tell great stories and being and all round good person.
You are able to handle difficult personnel problems at work because you understand about teamwork and conflict resolution matters. People come to you if they need to have a sensitive work related matter handled effectively.
At home, you treat your wife with respect and love her dearly. You would never shout at her or slam the door after an argument, in fact you don’t argue at all. You make the perfect couple.
When it comes to your teenagers, it’s as if you change into a different person all together. You don’t see their point of view; you lay down the law and don’t give an inch. Every meeting with them is a battle which you believe you win every time because you‘re the boss in this house, and they’re only kids and if they want to stay in your house, they will do as you tell them. You shout at them; scream at them; belittle them in front of their friends; always demand to know where they’ve been, what they’ve been doing and who they’ve been with. In fact, you want to know where they are at all times!
You tell them you love them dearly and if they ever need to talk about anything that worries them, they can come to you at any time. Surprisingly they don’t, and it surprises you that they keep secrets from you and very rarely tell you about anything about what’s going on in their lives.
This eBook discusses the reasons for this conflict among parents and their teenagers and what can be done to strengthen relationships and develop trust so that meaningful dialogue can occur.